The Staircase of Adventure

In Folkestone

Apartment

Lobby of an apartment building in Folkestone

Folkestone Pier and Station

A view up the coast towards Dover

The train used to come right out onto the pier for the trans-shipment of passengers.

The train station is between the pier and the shore.

Breakwater for the harbor

The old rail causeway is now a flower garden.

This restaurant at the foot of the causeway has a roof-load of huge clam shells. The implication is that you can eat clams there, but we didn't see any customers throwing shells on the roof. Perhaps the wind blew them there from the harbor.

A Little Colour

Window sill in Folkestone

Guest at the Window

Promenade

At Folkestone

Smuggler's Caves

What's that?

Smuggler's caves, we are told. We didn't see any smugglers.

There is a tunnel connecting all of the caves. In some places it's a low crawl to get through.

Even the lowest entrance is a bit of a scramble

Under the Cliff

Cliff Top

At Kingsgate, near Botany Bay

The little castle is called Neptune's Tower

Botany Bay

The beach at Botany Bay, near Margate

Looks like a fossil hunter was momentarily distracted.

We noticed that most of the other people on this beach were not speaking English. This is quite close to the channel tunnel terminus, so they must have been vacationers from France.